Howard Rheingold is a self described communicator and artist. He is also the author of Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution and Net Smart: How to Thrive Online . The podcast explores the theme of digital literacy. Figures like Doug Engelbart and Vannevar Bush are also discussed.

Other books discussed include Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution and Anne Blair’s Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age. Open hardware like Raspberry Pi Model B+ (B PLUS) 512MB Computer Board and Arduino Uno Ultimate Starter Kit — Includes 72 page Instruction Book are also touched upon.

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